Comstock Mining Announces Additional Debt Reductions and Early Payment on Debt Service

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., Dec. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Mining Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE American:LODE), a Nevada-based, gold and silver mining company, announced today that it has reduced its debt balance by an additional $240k during December, representing over $500k in debt reductions during the fourth quarter alone. When combined with earlier actions, this represents over $1.6 million in debt reduction since the strategic refinancing consummated almost one year ago, in January 2017.

Corrado De Gasperis, Executive Chairman and CEO, said, “Earlier this year, we refinanced our obligations with a four year debenture that dramatically simplified our capital structure, strengthened our financial position and enabled us to begin marketing and monetizing non-mining assets. We still plan on monetizing assets worth over $14 million, despite the progress made to date and the lower debt balances.”

The Company also announced it has just paid the interest expense, on the Debenture, due on January 1, 2018, early. After paying the interest, the Company’s cash on hand will be approximately $2 million as of December 31, 2017.

About Comstock Mining Inc.

Comstock Mining Inc. is a Nevada-based, gold and silver mining company with extensive, contiguous property in the Comstock District and is an emerging leader in sustainable, responsible mining. The Company began acquiring properties in the Comstock District in 2003. Since then, the Company has consolidated a significant portion of the Comstock District, amassed the single largest known repository of historical and current geological data on the Comstock region, secured permits, built an infrastructure and completed its first phase of production. The Company continues evaluating and acquiring properties inside and outside the district expanding its footprint and exploring all of our existing and prospective opportunities for further exploration, development and mining. The near term goal of our business plan is to maximize intrinsic stockholder value realized, per share, by continuing to acquire mineralized and potentially mineralized properties, exploring, developing and validating qualified resources and reserves (proven and probable) that enable the commercial development of our operations through extended, long-lived mine plans that are economically feasible and socially responsible.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Neither this press release nor any related calls or discussions constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Debenture or any other securities of the Company.